Building Reputation in Tech with Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo
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This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Changelog’s Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo about content creation and its role in web development careers. They discuss the nuances of reputation-building, the pitfalls of interview culture, and how developers can navigate the ever-changing landscape of tech.

In this episode:

• (00:00) - Intro

• (01:43) - Wine tasting + rating

• (11:31) - Do web developers need to be content creators?

• (13:35) - Does open source really help your career?

• (15:35) - How to build a good reputation

• (20:05) - Hiring and interviewing

• (26:54) - Fake dev jobs?

• (30:58) - Debating cancel culture

• (37:56) - Silicon Valley and integrity

• (41:55) - Movies and TV

• (44:22) - The state of frontend

• (47:35) - Framework

• (51:33) - Adam’s and Jerod’s non-tech careers

• (54:38) - Plugs

)Links

• ShopTalk Show: https://shoptalkshow.com/)

• Changelog: https://changelog.com/)

• Drinks: https://drinks.com/)

• JS Party: https://changelog.com/jsparty)

• Frontend Feud: CSS Pod vs Whiskey Web and Whatnot: https://changelog.com/jsparty/285)

• All Things Open: https://2024.allthingsopen.org/)

• LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/)

• Johnny Boursiquot: https://x.com/jboursiquot)

• Go Time: https://changelog.com/gotime)

• WP Engine: https://wpengine.com/)

• WordPress: https://wordpress.com/)

• Steve Jobs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs)

• PearAI: https://trypear.ai/)

• Silicon Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series))

• Succession: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_(TV_series))

• Brian Cox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor))

• Gladiator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_(2000_film))

• Joaquin Phoenix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Phoenix)

• Russell Crowe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Crowe)

• Typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/)

• React: https://react.dev/)

• Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/)

• Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/)

• Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/)

• Next.js: https://nextjs.org/)

• Astro: https://astro.build/)

• DHH: https://x.com/dhh/)

• Framework: https://frame.work/)

• Omakub: https://omakub.org/)

• Linux: https://www.linux.org/)

• Apple: https://www.apple.com/)

• Eminem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem)

• Rails is having a moment (again): https://changelog.com/podcast/615)

)Connect with Adam and Jerod

• Website: https://changelog.com)

• Adam on X / Twitter: https://x.com/adamstac)

• Jerod on X / Twitter: https://x.com/jerodsanto)

)Connect with Chuck and Robbie

• Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner)

• Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd)

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